Impact of a newly introduced medical officer night-float on-call system in a medical department in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-62

  Kee, Adrian C L ^a   Wei Ping, Goh ^a   Cheun, Chan Yee ^a   Soo, Yap Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NIGHT FLOAT ON CALL SYSTEM; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENT; SHIFT WORKER; SINGAPORE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79953646936     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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